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. >> i'm just surprised that john mccain and lindsey graham can be so out raged about the l the person president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our vi in the af jo taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons se second amendm >>> and we are back. president obama has made a counter offer to house speaker john boehner to fiscal negotiations. $400,000 as the new dividing line on taxes, meaning tax rates would return to clinton-era rates for those making $400,000 >> well, the thing is, there has to be a message to rural folks and gun owners across the country. look, we understand that you may be a hunter, a gun collector, you may have just grown up in a family where guns are are always a part of your life. you can continue to do that, the second amendment will protect you on that but you need to separate yourself from these maniacs who are running around with automatic weapons and walking into theaters an
. >> i'm just surprised that john mccain and lindsey graham can be so out raged about the l the person president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our vi in the af jo taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons se second amendm >>> and we are back. president obama has made a counter offer...
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. >>> john mccain has been dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war. barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor romney has embraced everything i can see. i don't want to say anything in the debate that is not completely accurate. >> meanwhile, paul ryan is pretending that he is not memorizing lines. >> you know me well, i don't try to be anybody other than who i am. i believe what i believe and i do what i do and believe in the policies that we are providing, purs pursuing, at the end of the day i'm going to go in there and be me. y >> crystal, let's look at paul ryan going with his gutt with chris wallace. >> you haven't given me the math. >> it would take me too long to go through all of the math. >> it is too long. it is com
. >>> john mccain has been dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war. barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor...
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senator john mccain softening his stance toward the u.n. ambassador in a move that could pave the way to her becoming secretary of state. we'll talk about that plus after a record setting black friday cyber monday sales could not biggest yet. we'll tell you how much americans are expected to spend and the question of the day. read my lips. should the gop dump grover norquist's antitax pledge? tweet me and hit me up on facebook as well. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicke
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life, which is terrible, and, yet, they're very, very quiet on this. >> keep in mind, john mccain was the person who nominated sarah palin, and she's the one that coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> thank you. breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our viewers. in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school shooting, joy kennel suggests that maybe i could get a new government job taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons coming down the pike. i doubt it. i don't think they were thinking about that when they wrote the second amendment. people change, times change. this is time for change and nobody's going to be grabbing your gun lobby. but we might want to make sure that you're not mentally ill before you get it. rap raptorsrule updates this antiquated amendment a.s.a.p. and shannon chaved says why can all of our constitutional right
life, which is terrible, and, yet, they're very, very quiet on this. >> keep in mind, john mccain was the person who nominated sarah palin, and she's the one that coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> thank you. breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our viewers. in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school...
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the over 65s voted for john mccain by eight points four years ago. >> right. >> if obama can start cutting into that vote, he doesn't have to carry it, but if he can start cutting into that vote because of ryan, then the ryan pick will be much more of an albatross to romney than something that will propel him forward. >> right. that's the fissure people forget from last cycle. it wasn't race or gender, it was actually all voters over 50 favored mccain and over 65, the gap that you mention. i want to take a listen to this new famous white board moment and bring in ben smith. we will take a look at it. i'll narrate instead of mitt romney. what he did up here -- >> not too complicated. >> what he did was break it down and say you have seniors today and the next generation tomorrow, he sees himself as a numbers guy although the white board had more words than numbers. do you think this is a winning tact for him? >> i think the second he chose to pick ryan which a lot of his advisors thought would be a disaster for this exact reason, he certainly chose to do this. it took him a week to figure o
the over 65s voted for john mccain by eight points four years ago. >> right. >> if obama can start cutting into that vote, he doesn't have to carry it, but if he can start cutting into that vote because of ryan, then the ryan pick will be much more of an albatross to romney than something that will propel him forward. >> right. that's the fissure people forget from last cycle. it wasn't race or gender, it was actually all voters over 50 favored mccain and over 65, the gap that...
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he distanced himself, at least yesterday, from john mccain and distanced himself from john mccain on syria. and iran, romney has been saying while he's been tough on the military side, he continues to basically talk about diplomacy. so i don't want to endorse or embrace what romney is doing. but he's not as bad as santorum and gingrich. so there's a scale, where as i think president obama has been trying to say, this is a vital national security issue. it's bun within of his highest priorities since he came into office, and it's something you can't be reckless about. the consequences to the allies with really aggressive action that isn't bought through, it can really be staggering and romney is not demonstrating awareness of the consequences. >> one of the accusations is that somehow the president was procrastinating and not enforcing some sanctions right away. what sanctions are left? >> i think right now they're trying to look at the various international players that are doing business with iran on oil and being financed through the iranian central bank, and what romney is referri
he distanced himself, at least yesterday, from john mccain and distanced himself from john mccain on syria. and iran, romney has been saying while he's been tough on the military side, he continues to basically talk about diplomacy. so i don't want to endorse or embrace what romney is doing. but he's not as bad as santorum and gingrich. so there's a scale, where as i think president obama has been trying to say, this is a vital national security issue. it's bun within of his highest priorities...
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that's fine. >> joy-ann, last word. >> john mccain is driven by his resentments and his piques. the idea when he was beaten by george w. bush suddenly he became the thorn in bush's side. he has seemed to be driven by his personal animus towards barack obama president obama in his policy pronouncements. i have no belief that john mccain went into that meeting and wanted to come out with a fair assessment. that's his political calculation. the other thing for the republican party is look who they put out there to talk about their opposition to rice. they had to throw kelly ayotte out there with no foreign policy experience because even they understand going after this woman, going after this -- another african-american official in the obama white house, i know it's unpopular to say, but they seem to have a pattern that isn't helpful politically so i don't see what the margin is. >> senator ayotte has political m a bigg ambition. >> and she's a woman. >> our power panel, my thanks to all three of you. >>> we are waiting for remarks from president obama who is expected to speak from
that's fine. >> joy-ann, last word. >> john mccain is driven by his resentments and his piques. the idea when he was beaten by george w. bush suddenly he became the thorn in bush's side. he has seemed to be driven by his personal animus towards barack obama president obama in his policy pronouncements. i have no belief that john mccain went into that meeting and wanted to come out with a fair assessment. that's his political calculation. the other thing for the republican party is...
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four years ago, john mccain stood up to a supporter who called then-senator obama an arab. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. >> yeah, that's called honor. it's called honor. we're not seeing a lot of that. we're not seeing any of that. >> i haven't seen that on either side in this campaign. >> john mccain is a genuine guy. disagree with him, agree with him, whatever, it's called honor. the republican party used to believe in that. >> put it more crudely, there's some crap i won't eat. i'm not going to go along with what i see as is an ethnic campaign, that shouldn't be part of this campaign. i'm not going to go along with what you said. that instinctive no, no, is the greatest american spirit. i'm not going to do that. >> imagine mitt romney doing that. >> i would like to see every pol
four years ago, john mccain stood up to a supporter who called then-senator obama an arab. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. >> yeah, that's called honor. it's called honor....
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. >> the interesting thing is that president obama took a very similar attack to john mccain back in '08 hitting him with ads saying the fums of the economy are strong. here we have it now in 2012 where the romney camp is able to furn it around on the president using his own strategies to make him look out of touch with the realities of today's economy. is that something the obama camp is going to have to tone up for, not being caught flatfooted. if the president is going to make decisions to have a friday briefing, it sets up the odds that something is going to be put out there like that, the private sector is doing fine, and they can pounce on this. >> thomas, you make a really great point. the president has to transition from president to candidate. and that transition happens every day. that's the big problem here. as a candidate, he could pounce on mccain. but as president, he has to explain things. it takes too long for the american people to listen to that explanation. you can talk about firefighters and teachers being great servants, which they are, but it takes explanations.
. >> the interesting thing is that president obama took a very similar attack to john mccain back in '08 hitting him with ads saying the fums of the economy are strong. here we have it now in 2012 where the romney camp is able to furn it around on the president using his own strategies to make him look out of touch with the realities of today's economy. is that something the obama camp is going to have to tone up for, not being caught flatfooted. if the president is going to make...
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but it is worth talking about, what john mccain called it, it's like watching a greek tragedy. it's the negative campaigning and the increasingly personal attacks, it should have stopped long ago, and the utility from the debates has been exhausted and now it's just exchanging cheap shots and personal shots polled by super pac attacks. that was a mccain interview with "the boston herald." are you exhausted from this process yet? >> well, it's only february. if i'm exhausted, boy, i've got a long way to go, chuck. first of all, you know, on a couple of fronts, i think people have pretty short memories. and i love senator mccain a whole lot. i was actually one of the first chairmen to endorse him when he ran. but the reality is we've had almost the exact same amount of debates this cycle as we had in '08. in fact, i think we had one more in '08 than we had in this cycle, so i put that aside. and the reality is it's just february. mccain wasn't the presumptive nominee until the middle of march. bush 41 wasn't the nominee until april 19th and how short a memory that we have that hi
but it is worth talking about, what john mccain called it, it's like watching a greek tragedy. it's the negative campaigning and the increasingly personal attacks, it should have stopped long ago, and the utility from the debates has been exhausted and now it's just exchanging cheap shots and personal shots polled by super pac attacks. that was a mccain interview with "the boston herald." are you exhausted from this process yet? >> well, it's only february. if i'm exhausted,...
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he got positive words from john mccain as well as mitt romney and i think most democrats who want the united states out of there mill tearily are going to look to the military timetable satisfaction and i think the president played it just right. he is just jamming it down the republican's throat. tomorrow night there will be an hour-long documentary on nbc and talk about how he ran "the situation room." it is from bill clinton last weekend, through the ads, through the speeches. the president is putting this part of the portfolio away and will return to the economy after this. >> let's listen to how he brought this story in afghanistan back to domestic politics talking about the troops and bringing the troops home. >> in an age when so many institutions have come up short, these americans stood tall. we must give our veterans and military families the support they deserve and opportunities they have earned. and we must redouble our efforts to build a nation worthy of their sacrifice. >> turn the page of that afghanistan story into a domestic politics. >> and the two are connected. i
he got positive words from john mccain as well as mitt romney and i think most democrats who want the united states out of there mill tearily are going to look to the military timetable satisfaction and i think the president played it just right. he is just jamming it down the republican's throat. tomorrow night there will be an hour-long documentary on nbc and talk about how he ran "the situation room." it is from bill clinton last weekend, through the ads, through the speeches. the...
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john mccain is chomping at the bit to take on the u.n. ambassador. he even wants a seat on the foreign relations committee in order to give her a good grilling. the question for obama now to fight or not to fight? i'm going to go all the way to the right of the table to nick. should the president lay down his marker on this and say i want susan rice, damn it? >> he seems inclined to. there's an interesting mystery here of what exactly is the source of the bond between ambassador rice and the president? they -- he is really digging in, and they are sending every signal that they are going to do this, and it's going to happen, and they aren't going to back down. you know, i'm also thinking about how in every new term the opposition party always wants one scalp on the nominations. i know that sounds cynical. there's always at least one person who goes down, and it seems like rice is the person. >> if rice is the person that's going to go down, as nick says, does it help president obama in temz of his standing with the left if he essentially allows john
john mccain is chomping at the bit to take on the u.n. ambassador. he even wants a seat on the foreign relations committee in order to give her a good grilling. the question for obama now to fight or not to fight? i'm going to go all the way to the right of the table to nick. should the president lay down his marker on this and say i want susan rice, damn it? >> he seems inclined to. there's an interesting mystery here of what exactly is the source of the bond between ambassador rice and...
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john mccain would have been 72 when he ran -- or been elected. why not? >> absolutely. i agree with you. i think she runs, she absolutely has to grab that moment. 2004 was the first time she sort of missed her moment when she could have run and didn't. i don't think she'd miss it again. and the republican party really has set the stage for women to achieve finally breaking that highest of glass ceilings. i think that she would run and i think that she would probably win. >> i would be really surprised if she ran, but i do think she'd be the best thing for the democratic party. she's proved herself the last four years. she's a hard worker. she looks tired though. she's going to need a couple of years to kind of bring herself back together and getting a super pac going again. >> do you think men look tired too? >> absolutely. >> i feel like no one ever says like the guys look tired. sometimes they talk about grey hair, but does she look tired? i don't think it matters. i think at the end of the day, there are two people who tend to win nominations. the new person that's s
john mccain would have been 72 when he ran -- or been elected. why not? >> absolutely. i agree with you. i think she runs, she absolutely has to grab that moment. 2004 was the first time she sort of missed her moment when she could have run and didn't. i don't think she'd miss it again. and the republican party really has set the stage for women to achieve finally breaking that highest of glass ceilings. i think that she would run and i think that she would probably win. >> i would...
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john mccain is siding with his former running mate saying that the president should can joe biden has his vice president. >> i think he might be wise to do that but it's not going to happen, obviously, for a variety of reasons, including and hillary cloibt i'd want to be on that team. >> the white house says vice president biden is not going anywhere. another ban sends a cease and desist order. this is for mitt romney. the rock band silver son is asking the campaign to stop using their own panic switch. the group describes romney's campaign but doubts it's the message that romney wants to send and it's the lyrics and will you release the glitch. can you fall asleep with a panic switch? now, the rock band divo is getting political. remember these guys, whip it, they are out with another song, don't roof rack me, bro. the band says it's not meant to be partisan. cruise line industry. the aarp has great tips on staying healthy on the high seas. avoid seasickness. have your physician prescribe anti-nausea medication before leaving. the sun is stronger at sea, so use a high spf sun block.
john mccain is siding with his former running mate saying that the president should can joe biden has his vice president. >> i think he might be wise to do that but it's not going to happen, obviously, for a variety of reasons, including and hillary cloibt i'd want to be on that team. >> the white house says vice president biden is not going anywhere. another ban sends a cease and desist order. this is for mitt romney. the rock band silver son is asking the campaign to stop using...
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last time around, he did it, and eventually helping to get nominated of all the candidates, john mccain. he's doing it again in an effort to help get nominated, the most moderate of all the candidates, mitt romney. historically moderate, anyway, they all seem to be trying to outconserve each other today. it seems to me that's the deal with ron paul's republican party. you guys let me get on stage, you guys let me get my 10% of the vote, and i will not interfere in any way with your nominating process of whoever you guys have decided is next in line to get this nomination. chris, do you think i can get any takers on the ron paul conspiracy theory? >> that strikes me as a fairly simple interpretation. it seems to me there is some bond of personal affection in the case of romney, and also ron paul -- santorum is the first person he's gone after that he genuinely seems to dislike. it was evident last night how much he was relishing going after santorum, which of course ron paul took the wrong side on. >> if you listen to any accounts of ron paul's, quote, unquote, character, this is like a
last time around, he did it, and eventually helping to get nominated of all the candidates, john mccain. he's doing it again in an effort to help get nominated, the most moderate of all the candidates, mitt romney. historically moderate, anyway, they all seem to be trying to outconserve each other today. it seems to me that's the deal with ron paul's republican party. you guys let me get on stage, you guys let me get my 10% of the vote, and i will not interfere in any way with your nominating...
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. >> i think the united states has always maintained a great relationship with the queen and john mccain will continue to have an open dialogue with her. >> governor, the queen is not the head of government in england. she's the head of state. >> well then who is the head of government? >> the prime minister. >> that scene has been confirmed as accurate by the man who was questioning sarah palin. he recalls the horror of learning that sarah palin knew absolutely nothing about one of ameri america's most important and historic allies. a nation that stood shoulder to shoulder with the united states during the first world war, the second world war, the gulf war, the iraq war, and in afghanistan. where one of the most important figures of 20th century history was britain's prime minister winston churchill. but according to sarah palin, it was the queen who governed the uk. and she says that the president wasn't properly vetted? as i said earlier, i know nothing about tdisposal of bodiy waste in alaska, but i know crap when i see it. and you can flush that down the nearest toilet. thanks so m
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here at home it was supported by a bipartisan group, including john kerry and john mccain. but the vote fell short of the 66 required votes, two-thirds required. an issue is belief by some republicans, many of them, that by signing the treaty the united states would somehow surrender some sovereignty to united nations. with me now are two advocates of this treaty, senator john kerry of massachusetts, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and ted kennedy jr., a long-time champion of disability rights and president of the mal marwood group. it's hard for me to understand the ideological. of notion of something it taken over in our world that we have to fight even though we can't put our finger on it. >> they argued they were afraid we were giving up sovereignty of nation and somehow the united nations would be able to tell us what to do. neither are true. there is no requirement in this treaty whatsoever that any law in the united states would be changed, no new right would be created that doesn't exist already in the united states and most importantly because of
here at home it was supported by a bipartisan group, including john kerry and john mccain. but the vote fell short of the 66 required votes, two-thirds required. an issue is belief by some republicans, many of them, that by signing the treaty the united states would somehow surrender some sovereignty to united nations. with me now are two advocates of this treaty, senator john kerry of massachusetts, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and ted kennedy jr., a long-time champion of...
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this is coming from a guy whose first campaign ad against barack obama presented a quote about john mccain and pretended that president obama was saying it about himself. they defended the ad as honest. romney is running on his business create. he says he created 100,000 jobs as the ce ork as bain. he claimed he had no involvement with managing bain after 1999. but wait a minute. sec filings show him as the ceo and sole stake holder in the company for three additional years. now during those years, what happened? thousands of people were laid off in the bain companies while mitt romney profited. speaking of bain, romney says he's going to get tough on china as president if he's elected. even though his recent tax returns show that he was making investment money all from chinese internet companies accused of stealing american content. he says president obama apologizes for america overseas even though not a single transcript ever shows him apologizing. when mitt romney had a chance to weigh in on the international incident, what did he do? he accused president obama of sympathizing with ame
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mccain. and the other fact is, we know it, we get the joke, you support mitt romney and romney is not doing well, so he does not like the process. he was sold a bill of goods that at this point in time, the nomination would be his. the math did not work for him. point one, point two, the message is more important than the process. this party has no message. it's talking through its rear end, it's not saying anything and not communicating and as a consequence, the people are losing interest. >> and michael, the point you made is a good one, it's up to the campaigns to stay on message. every time i slipped as a candidate and started to talk about polls, i would hear from my campaign manager, get back and start talking about jobs or the environment or talking about energy. and yet, these guys get into this stuff all the time. >> look, you have a group of people in the back room, managing the math and the numbers. as the candidate, you should be as you said governor, out front with a positive for
mccain. and the other fact is, we know it, we get the joke, you support mitt romney and romney is not doing well, so he does not like the process. he was sold a bill of goods that at this point in time, the nomination would be his. the math did not work for him. point one, point two, the message is more important than the process. this party has no message. it's talking through its rear end, it's not saying anything and not communicating and as a consequence, the people are losing interest....
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>> i think john mccain really must hate romney because why would you make that suggestion? they say that pataki and all the rest, jeb bush give lukewarm endorsements. i think it's real hatred. >> we have joe scarborough saying they all think he's going to lose. those big republican players all think obama gets a second term. >> well, because of the horrible stupid things that romney has been saying. we don't know who he is. he said that his health care plan in massachusetts, years ago he said that it should be national. these are all going to come out in all the ads, and everybody -- even people who don't pay attention to msnbc like i do will realize that he's a loser. >> i take it it's no surprise to you and the women of "the view" -- >> yes. >> -- that there is now an 18-point gap in polling with women that president is 18 points ahead of mitt romney with women. >> i know. well, we had, you know, governor nikki haley on "the view" the other day. she said a very interesting remark, women are not interested in contraception, she said. >> you didn't let her get away with tha
>> i think john mccain really must hate romney because why would you make that suggestion? they say that pataki and all the rest, jeb bush give lukewarm endorsements. i think it's real hatred. >> we have joe scarborough saying they all think he's going to lose. those big republican players all think obama gets a second term. >> well, because of the horrible stupid things that romney has been saying. we don't know who he is. he said that his health care plan in massachusetts,...
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. >> and keep in mind, john mccain hired sarah palin to be vice president who coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> that pretty much says it all. alex wagner, jonathan alter, thank you. >>> breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has a counteroffer. more after this. that was ups. that was ups. and who called ups? you did, bob. i just asked a question. it takes a long time to pack a bowling ball. the last guy pitched more ball packers. but you... you consulted ups. you found a better way. that's logistics. that's margin. find out what else ups knows. i'll do that. you're on a roll. that's funny. i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> government jobs taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons coming down the pike. i doubt it. i don't think they were thinking about that when they wrote the second amendment. people change, times change. nobody is going to be grabbing your gun but you might want to make sure that you are not mentally ill before you get it. the second
. >> and keep in mind, john mccain hired sarah palin to be vice president who coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> that pretty much says it all. alex wagner, jonathan alter, thank you. >>> breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has a counteroffer. more after this. that was ups. that was ups. and who called ups? you did, bob. i just asked a question. it takes a long time to pack a bowling ball. the last guy pitched more ball packers. but...
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mccain wasn't arizona's senior senator. and with the state's controversial immigration law possibly putting hispanic voters in the democrats' corner, team obama is now emphasizing a commitment to immigration reform. >> i believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. that's why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. that's why there are fewer illegal crossings than when i took office. the opponents of action are out of excuses. we should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. >> and i'm joined now by phoenix mayor greg stanton. just to remind everybody, arizona voted democratically in 1996 for bill clinton, back in 1948 for harry truman. so why would president obama think that in arizona in 2012 he could actually win? >> well, i think he's coming here today, the day after the state of the union, for a couple things. number one to highlight a great company that's doing a lot of insourcing, investing in the united states of america. i think as the obama
mccain wasn't arizona's senior senator. and with the state's controversial immigration law possibly putting hispanic voters in the democrats' corner, team obama is now emphasizing a commitment to immigration reform. >> i believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. that's why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. that's why there are fewer illegal crossings than when i took office. the opponents of action are out of excuses. we...
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john mccain, on his way to losing the election, was still viewed with respect by a loett voters. mitt romney doesn't have that, does he? >> no. and that was something that the campaign knew was always an issue, that obama had way, way higher scores on likability, even if you didn't like his policies. this was always a strength. how 0 you repair? it's not a policy matter. how do you make somebody more likable? they tried at the convention. use mrs. romney more, bring the sons on more. maybe this is what campaigns are supposed to do. figure these things out. i've seen mitt romney in person. he has a lot of personality, personable traits. he's not all unfavorable if you see him. even if you don't like this policies, that's the job of a campaign is to make that come out. >> for the final thought here, they're not in a bin whed wherey need the country to fall in love. they need a few more vote to fall in like. >> right. >> they haven't been able to do that. >> he has to be on the trail more. he hasn't been on the trail very much. so this whole sort of more mitt plan is a little bit cw
john mccain, on his way to losing the election, was still viewed with respect by a loett voters. mitt romney doesn't have that, does he? >> no. and that was something that the campaign knew was always an issue, that obama had way, way higher scores on likability, even if you didn't like his policies. this was always a strength. how 0 you repair? it's not a policy matter. how do you make somebody more likable? they tried at the convention. use mrs. romney more, bring the sons on more....
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mccain. >> newt gingrich. >> these things have been now reclassed as liberal, right. the victories that the president has a chance to get which are historic, like on climate change, on immigration, are now progressive ideas because they've been left behind. >> it's now almost up to the republican party to grab a piece of that pie to say this is our victory too when in reality if they had done it earlier -- >> let's don't get in debate about the mandate. you may be right. i'm often wrong. but with barack obama, it's not a very well kept secret in washington he hasn't courted the congress. he could do worse than read robert karros biography's of lin don johns. he doesn't have to like these people. having them over to the white house, he doesn't have to kiss up to them. he may say i would rather play pool with the devil than deal with the republican leadership, but i can give them grace points, invite the wives to the white house dinners, do things johnson did, say to the congressman pretty far right, you want that dam built in your district, i can get that dam built if
mccain. >> newt gingrich. >> these things have been now reclassed as liberal, right. the victories that the president has a chance to get which are historic, like on climate change, on immigration, are now progressive ideas because they've been left behind. >> it's now almost up to the republican party to grab a piece of that pie to say this is our victory too when in reality if they had done it earlier -- >> let's don't get in debate about the mandate. you may be right....
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mccain is how do i rush crazy right wing conservative get behind someone who's not a crazy right wing kwrp by rush's definition? let's listen to how rush got there. >> romney has responded, oh, yeah, well, you know, i've got an 80% success rate, mr. president, the companies that boehner capital using its own money, by the way, went in and rescued, 80% success rate. what's your success rate, mr. president? zero. every company you've attempted to save or industry you tried to give a boost to with taxpayer dollars not even your own are bankrupt. i like this. i don't care if romney is not conservative enough. >> i don't care if romney is not conservative enough. alex wagner, there you have the elasticity of rush limbaugh's principles. >> with supporters like that who needs enemies? you know, it is -- makes me feel bad sometimes to listen to these -- romney surrogates go out and make the case for mitt romney. i think, you know, lawrence, when you're talking about massachusetts, of course, the elephant in the room is the conservative base. i mean, mitt romney does not want to remind anybody
mccain is how do i rush crazy right wing conservative get behind someone who's not a crazy right wing kwrp by rush's definition? let's listen to how rush got there. >> romney has responded, oh, yeah, well, you know, i've got an 80% success rate, mr. president, the companies that boehner capital using its own money, by the way, went in and rescued, 80% success rate. what's your success rate, mr. president? zero. every company you've attempted to save or industry you tried to give a boost...
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john mccain, bob dole, re-election of george h. w. bush. jerry ford. all of those folks have done great in the general election. wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. thank you both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusative and attacking of president obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try to get support. >> melissa, he's burned all of his pair off trying to get support. there's not a hair left on his head. >> he sets out on fire, he puts it out. he sets it on fire. he puts it out. >> and he's pretending he hasn't been accusative of the president on anything. this is crazy. >> he hasn't called him a secret muslim. >> that's right. or a non citizen. that now counts as moderation. >> the greatest
john mccain, bob dole, re-election of george h. w. bush. jerry ford. all of those folks have done great in the general election. wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. thank you both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're...
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why did you give john mccain john mccain more information than you are going to give the american public? why would you keep that alive? why would you wait until this point? early voting started in swing states. notion that somehow this is going to lay to rest the question of mitt romney's tax returns is -- totally ludicrous. you talk about the political strategy here. there doesn't seem to be any. >> speaking of the -- i want to -- on "60 minutes," romney was asked about this sort of -- ceo's strategic position he -- positioned himself. let's listen to his response here. >> you are the ceo of this campaign. a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know how do you turn this thing around? you have a little more than six weeks. what do you do? >> well, it doesn't need a turnaround. we got a campaign which is tied with -- president of the united states. >> all right. so -- typically i -- i dislike sort of, you know, the political commentary about whether or not you are running a good or bad campaign because in a certain way, if you win everybody thinks you
why did you give john mccain john mccain more information than you are going to give the american public? why would you keep that alive? why would you wait until this point? early voting started in swing states. notion that somehow this is going to lay to rest the question of mitt romney's tax returns is -- totally ludicrous. you talk about the political strategy here. there doesn't seem to be any. >> speaking of the -- i want to -- on "60 minutes," romney was asked about this...
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when john mccain is tweeting with snooki and rupert murdoch is tweeting katie holmes, they're reducing themselves a little bit. i think it's actually, i love to see the transparency, i love to see where rupert murdoch is coming from on these issues but there is a very fine line when they start to tweet with rappers or start to tweet about scientology. i think that's where you get into dangerous territory. >> i hear you on snooki but yes or no, would the situation be okay? >> i can't answer that. >> luckily, we have a whole hour left. we will return to that. thank you to tyler mathisen for joining us. we will have more after the break. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. thor's couture gets the most rewards of any sma
when john mccain is tweeting with snooki and rupert murdoch is tweeting katie holmes, they're reducing themselves a little bit. i think it's actually, i love to see the transparency, i love to see where rupert murdoch is coming from on these issues but there is a very fine line when they start to tweet with rappers or start to tweet about scientology. i think that's where you get into dangerous territory. >> i hear you on snooki but yes or no, would the situation be okay? >> i can't...
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mccain. from the outside, romney's strength was also a liability. he was a sbash an moderate republican with midwestern roots in a party that some call too conservative, evangelical and republican. as conservatives soured on the idea of a health care mandate, romney tried to inoculate himself on his acheeft as governor. he says we can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country and it can be done without letting government take over health care. and it was done without government taking over health care. in june 2011 at a farm in new hampshire, romney officially announced his second bid for the presidency. >> just one of the guys running. >> the first element of becoming the front runner was keeping viable challengerers out of the race and one by one they bowed out. finally the summer of 2011 a viable challenger got in, rick perry. they all surged to leads in the national polls before self destructing. finally romney ended up one on one with rick santorum. iowa where romney appeared
mccain. from the outside, romney's strength was also a liability. he was a sbash an moderate republican with midwestern roots in a party that some call too conservative, evangelical and republican. as conservatives soured on the idea of a health care mandate, romney tried to inoculate himself on his acheeft as governor. he says we can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country and it can be done without letting government take over health care. and it was done without government...
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you could say the same thing on the other side, a republican like john mccain that scratches and claws and fights to get their way through. the rough edges get rounded off. we live in a world now where a guy like jeffrey said can pop out of nowhere, or a woman, with the internet to organize, and with a couple of billion dollars from one person? they can take over our country. it is that instability is the word. >> i was watching the pbs clinton documentary and you look at that archival footage of clinton coming up. and the thing that strikes me is how much of a political animal he is. it makes him a stronger fighter. and you look at both barack obama and mitt romney and what i think the common thread they share is the fact that they're pragmatists that don't necessarily have a taste for the political game. and given where we are, given where congress is, given how divided the american public is, i think to a certain degree, the office of president necessitates someone who loves the game, who is going to be a fighter, maybe not war wounds, but has a passion to paraphrase -- >> maybe an
you could say the same thing on the other side, a republican like john mccain that scratches and claws and fights to get their way through. the rough edges get rounded off. we live in a world now where a guy like jeffrey said can pop out of nowhere, or a woman, with the internet to organize, and with a couple of billion dollars from one person? they can take over our country. it is that instability is the word. >> i was watching the pbs clinton documentary and you look at that archival...
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mccain. for some reason campaign finance reform was no issue four years ago when barack obama became the first presidential candidate to forgo matching funds and literally ran more negative adding than any -- but so now, the shoe is on the other foot and now this is the shocking thing. it is -- listen, it is frightening, but it was frightening that four years ago barack obama spent more money on tv ads than george bush and john kerry four years before combined. >> and the first presidential candidate to turn down federal funds in the general election. >> this trend keeps getting worse. >> it is awful. >> it is awful right now and what happens is you have a billboard race for funding. if you're in columbus, ohio, bring the cats and dogs in because all you're going to do is get back-to-back-to-back-to-back sleazy commercials. >> one of the side effects of this, a lot of the time that a candidate could be spending going out on the trail talking to people is actually spent in the back of a, you k
mccain. for some reason campaign finance reform was no issue four years ago when barack obama became the first presidential candidate to forgo matching funds and literally ran more negative adding than any -- but so now, the shoe is on the other foot and now this is the shocking thing. it is -- listen, it is frightening, but it was frightening that four years ago barack obama spent more money on tv ads than george bush and john kerry four years before combined. >> and the first...